Urdu Handwriting OCR — Scan & Recognise Nastaliq Script Free
Optical character recognition for handwritten **Urdu**. Urdu is written right-to-left in flowing Nastaliq, where a diagonal baseline and nuqta dots decide each letter. Because the script runs right-to-left, our engine keeps the correct reading order in the output. Our OCR engine handles it and gives you clean, editable text from any image or PDF.
Drag and drop or
PNG, JPEG, JPG, WEBP, HEIC, HEIF, PDF up to 20 MB
or drag and drop, or paste with Ctrl + V
Extracted text
Your extracted urdu text will appear here. Upload an image on the left to get started.
What our Urdu handwriting OCR does
Optical character recognition made for the way Urdu is actually written across Pakistan and India.
Free with no limits
No sign-up, no watermark and no daily cap — run OCR on as much handwritten Urdu as you need.
Keeps layout and line breaks
The recognition output mirrors your page: paragraphs and line breaks in the Urdu original are preserved.
Handles Pakistan writing styles
Handwriting varies a lot across Pakistan and India. The OCR model is built to cope with that range in Urdu.
Accurate Nastaliq script recognition
Urdu is written right-to-left in flowing Nastaliq, where a diagonal baseline and nuqta dots decide each letter. Our OCR is tuned for Nastaliq specifically, so urdu Nastaliq recognition is handled properly instead of being guessed.
Reads real Urdu handwriting
This engine is trained on everyday Urdu penmanship from Pakistan and India, not just neat print — so casual and rushed writing is still recognised.
Scan photos, images and PDFs
Upload a phone photo, a scanner image or a multi-page PDF. The OCR pulls Urdu text out of letters, poetry, notes and official documents.
From a Urdu scan to editable text
From a photo of Urdu writing to recognised, editable text in under a minute.
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Upload the image or PDF to scan
Drag in a photo, scan or PDF of the handwritten Urdu. JPG, PNG, HEIC and PDF all work.
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Run the OCR recognition
The engine reads every Nastaliq character, following the right-to-left order, and recognises it as digital Urdu text.
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Review, edit and export
Check the recognised text, fix anything if needed, then copy it or export to Word, PDF, TXT or Markdown.
Urdu OCR: common questions
Urdu is written right-to-left in flowing Nastaliq, where a diagonal baseline and nuqta dots decide each letter. Our engine is built specifically to deal with that.
Both. You can scan images (JPG, PNG, HEIC) and multi-page PDF documents.
Yes — export to Word (.docx), PDF, plain text or Markdown, or simply copy it to your clipboard.
Yes. Images are processed for recognition and then deleted immediately — nothing is retained.
Yes. The Urdu OCR runs in any modern mobile or desktop browser, so you can photograph a page and recognise it on the spot.
Anything handwritten — letters, poetry, notes and official documents, and more.